Device for distributing trunk cable to jumper cable

ABSTRACT

An enclosure for distributing trunk cable to jumper cables includes: a compartment divider with a main panel, a top wall, a bottom wall, opposed side walls, at least one dividing wall that spans the side walls, and a guide wall that spans the top and bottom walls, the compartment divider including a plurality of compartments, each folioed by the main panel, the guide wall, one of the side walls, and at least two of the top wall, the bottom wall, and the at least one dividing wall; and a cover that covers the compartment divider to enclose the compartments. The guide wall is configured to form a convex area and a concave area in each compartment. The enclosure further includes a jumper cable entry aperture in each compartment and a jumper cable exit aperture located on one of the side walls.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application claims priority from and the benefit of U.S.Provisional Patent Application Nos. 62/526,672, filed Jun. 29, 2017, and62/589,308, filed Nov. 21, 2017, the disclosure of each of which ishereby incorporated herein in its entirety.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed generally to communications cable andequipment, and more particularly to distribution from a trunk cable toone or more jumper cables.

BACKGROUND

Latest developments in technology for wireless infrastructure use trunkcables that include multiple fiber optic cords or cables. A single trunkcable can be used to service multiple sectors, thereby eliminatingmultiple runs of cable up an antenna tower. However, in order to use asingle trunk cable, at some point the trunk cable must transition tojumper cables to separate the multiple optical fibers of the trunk cableinto individual fibers or smaller bundles of fibers that are then routedto different equipment. Typically this transition occurs inside anenclosure that breaks out the optical fibers in the trunk cable opticalfibers in jumper cables.

Currently, transitions are typically achieved by making connectionsinside the enclosure, requiring into be opened, cables to be fed/matedto the enclosure, and fiber connections to be made, all in the field(e.g., on the top of antenna towers near a remote radio unit (RRU)).This practice can create many issues for installers, including time,safety, connection errors (such as loose power connections and/or poorfiber cleaning), and more, opportunity for connector damage. Someenclosures are attached to the trunk cable and break out fibers intojumper cables that are also attached to the enclosure. One example ofsuch an enclosure is discussed in U.S. Patent Publication No.2014/0140671 to Islam, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporatedherein in its entirety.

In addition, management of trunk cable and multiple jumper cables can bean issue, as lengths of jumper cables can create a disorganizedworkspace that can increase mistakes in interconnection. As such,improvements in trunk cable and jumper cable management may bedesirable.

SUMMARY

As a first aspect, embodiments of the invention are directed to anenclosure for distributing trunk cable to jumper cables. The enclosurecomprises: a first wall with a jumper cable entry aperture; a secondwall generally perpendicular to the first wall having a jumper cableexit aperture; and a third wall opposite the second wall, the third wallbeing configured to create a convex area and a concave area within theenclosure. The jumper cable exit aperture and, the concave and convexareas are positioned to encourage coiling of a slack length of a jumpercable routed from the jumper cable, entry aperture through the jumpercable exit aperture.

As a second aspect, embodiments of the invention are directed, to anenclosure for distributing trunk, cable to jumper cables comprising: acompartment divider with a main panel, a top wall, a bottom wall,opposed side walls, at least one dividing wall that spans the sidewalls, and a guide wall that spans the top and bottom walls. Thecompartment divider includes a plurality of compartments, each formed bythe main panel, the guide wall, one of the side walls, and at least twoof the top wall, the bottom wall, and the at least one dividing wall.The enclosure further comprises a cover that covers the compartmentdivider to enclose the compartments. The guide wall is configured toform a convex area and a concave area in each compartment. The enclosurefurther comprises a jumper cable entry aperture in each compartment anda jumper cable exit aperture located on one of the side walls.

As a third aspect, embodiments of the invention are directed to anenclosure for distributing trunk cable to jumper cables comprising: afirst wall with a jumper cable exit aperture; and a second wall oppositethe first wall, the second wall being configured to create a convex areaand a concave area within the enclosure, the second wall including ajumper cable entry aperture, The jumper cable exit aperture and theconcave and convex areas are positioned to encourage coiling of a slacklength of a jumper cable routed from the jumper cable entry aperturethrough the jumper cable exit aperture.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a front view of a cable distribution device according toembodiments of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the device of FIG. 1 without the trunk cablein place.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the compartment divider of the device of FIG.1.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the compartment divider of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a rear perspective view of the cover of the device of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the trunk cable of the device of FIG. 1, shownwith the optical fibers broken out into jumper cables.

FIG. 7 is a rear view of the trunk cable of FIG. 6 mounted on the rearside of the compartment divider of FIG. 3.

FIG. 8 is a rear view of a mounting bracket for the device of FIG. 1.

FIG. 9 is a rear view of the mounting bracket of FIG. 8 mounted to thecompartment divider of FIG. 3.

FIG. 10 is a front view of the device of FIG. 1 with the cover removed,showing how a retracted jumper cable coils within a compartment.

FIG. 11 is a front perspective view of a cable distribution deviceaccording to alternative embodiments of the invention.

FIG. 12 is rear perspective view of the device of FIG. 11.

FIG. 13 is a top view of the device of FIG. 11.

FIG. 14 is a side view of the device FIG. 11.

FIG. 15 is an exploded front view of the device of FIG. 11.

FIG. 16 is a front view of the compartment divider of the device of FIG.11.

FIG. 17 is a front view of the compartment divider of the device of FIG.11 populated with jumper cables.

FIG. 18 is a front perspective view of the cable reel of the device ofFIG. 11.

FIG. 19 is a front perspective view of the back mount used to mount thedevice of FIG. 11.

FIG. 20 is a front perspective view of a cable distribution deviceaccording to further embodiments of the invention.

FIG. 21 is a rear perspective view of the device of FIG. 20.

FIG. 22 is a front perspective view of the device of FIG. 20 with thecover removed.

FIGS. 23-25 are front perspective views of a device as in FIG. 20 withnine, six and three compartments respectively.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present invention is described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which certain embodiments of the invention are shown. Thisinvention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and shouldnot be construed as limited to the embodiments that are pictured anddescribed herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that thisdisclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey thescope of the invention to those skilled in the art. It will also beappreciated that the embodiments disclosed herein can be combined in anyway and/or combination to provide many additional embodiments.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms that arcused in this disclosure have the same meaning as commonly understood byone of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Theterminology used in the below description is for the purpose ofdescribing particular embodiments only and is not intended to belimiting of the invention. As used in this disclosure, the singularforms “a”, “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms aswell, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will also beunderstood that when an element (e.g., a device, cable, etc.) isreferred to as being “connected” or “coupled” to another element, it canbe directly connected or coupled to the other element or interveningelements may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to asbeing “directly connected” or “directly coupled” to another element,there are no intervening elements present.

Referring now to the figures, an enclosure assembly for managing thedistribution of a trunk cable to one or more jumper cables, designatedbroadly at 10, is shown in FIG. 1. The assembly 10 includes an enclosure20 that is fed by a trunk cable 12; the trunk cable 12 is broken outinto jumper cables 14 with connectors 16 for interfacing with equipment(see FIG. 6). These components are discussed in greater detail below.

Referring to FIGS. 2-5, the enclosure 20 includes a compartment divider22 and a cover 24 that fit together to form a generally rectangular box,with a main panel 26 of the cover 24 forming the front of the box and amain panel 28 of the compartment divider 22 forming the rear of the box.The cover 24 (FIG. 5) includes a top wall 30, a bottom wall 32, and sidewalls 34. Each of the side walls 34 includes three holes 35, each ofwhich receives a spider gland 37 (illustrated separately in FIG. 5).

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, the compartment divider 22 includes a bottomwall 36, a top wall 38, and side walls 40 that form an open rectanglewith the main panel 28. The side walls 40 each include three holes 51that serve as jumper cable exit points.

Referring again to FIGS. 3 and 4, the compartment divider 22 alsoincludes two dividing walls 42 that extend horizontally to span the sidewalls 40. The compartment divider 22 further includes a guide wall 44that is routed in a “zigzag” pattern from the bottom wall 36 to the topwall 38. The dividing walls 42 and the guide wall 44 subdivide thecompartment divider 22 into six compartments 46.

Notably, the “zig-zagging” guide wall 44 is configured such that mergingsections 44 a, 44 b, 44 c that separate adjacent compartments 46 arcdisposed at angles relative to each (e.g., between about 60 and 120degrees); each set of sections 44 a, 44 b, 44 e has two vertices 44 d,44 e, with the result that the sections 44 a, 44 b, 44 c form a “convex”area 48 and a “concave” area 50 in each compartment 46 (see FIGS. 3 and4). The main panel 28 of the compartment divider 22 includes six“keyhole”-shaped holes 52, one in each compartment 46, that serve asjumper cable entry points. Each of the holes 52 is adjacent one of thedividing walls 42 within either a convex area 48 or a concave area 50.As such, the holes 52 are offset relative to the holes 51 in the sidewalls 40, as the holes 51 are generally centered between the dividingwalls 42 and/or the top or bottom wall 36, 38 that form the top andbottom of the compartment 46.

As can be seen in FIGS. 1 and 7, the trunk cable 12 is mounted to therear side of the main panel 28 of the compartment divider 22, andoutside of the box formed by the compartment divider 22 and the cover24. The trunk cable 12 is routed upwardly from below the enclosure 20.The optical fibers of the cable are split into jumper cables 14 within aprotective canister 13 that is mounted generally in the center of themain panel 28. Each jumper cable 14 is routed from the canister 13through a respective hole 52 and into a respective compartment 46. Insome embodiments, the larger portion of the “keyhole” is large enoughfor the attached connector 16 to pass through, but the smaller portionof the “keyhole” is small enough to prevent passage of the connector 16.This enables the jumper cables 14 to be terminated with connectors 16prior to being routed into the compartments 46.

Referring now to FIG. 10, the jumper cables 14 are routed from theirrespective holes 52 through holes 41 in the side walls 40 of thecompartment divider 22, through the holes 35 in the side walls 34 of thecover 24, and out to connect to equipment. The connectors 16, which maybe any variety of optical connector, reside outside of the side walls40.

The jumper cables 14 are of sufficient length (typically between about 5and 15 meters) to comfortably reach equipment to which they areconnected. However, when the full length of a jumper cable 14 is notneeded to reach a piece of equipment, the remainder of the jumper cable14 can be coiled within its compartment 46. The coiling of the jumpercable 14 may be encouraged by (a) the presence of the convex and concaveareas 48, 50 formed by the zigzag routing of the sections 44 a, 44 b, 44c of the guide wall 44, (b) the offset positions of the vertices 44 d,44 e relative to the holes 51 in the side wall 40, and/or (c) the offsetposition of the holes 52 through which the jumper cables 14 are routedrelative to the holes 51 in the side walls 40. These offsets can inducecoiling of the jumper cables 14 between opposite corners of thecompartment 46 (see FIG. 10). With some resistance provided by thespider glands 37, the jumper cables 14 remain coiled (and thereforerelatively organized), and can be uncoiled through the holes 51, 52 aslength of jumper cable 14 is needed.

Referring now to FIGS. 8 and 9, in the illustrated embodiment the device10 includes a mounting bracket 70. The mounting bracket 70 includes acentral channel 72, shallower lateral channels 74, and outer panels 76.Four wings 78 extend laterally of the outer panels 76. As shown in FIG.9, the mounting bracket 70 is attached to the rear side of the mainpanel 28 of the compartment divider 24, with fasteners (not shown) beinginserted through holes in the wings 78 and into holes in the main panel28. The trunk cable 12 and canister 13 reside in the central channel 72,and the jumper cables 14 reside in the lateral channels 74 as they arerouted to the holes 52 in the main panel 28. The outer panels 76 layflush against the main panel 28. Thus, the mounting bracket 70 can serveto protect the trunk cable 12 and jumper cables 14 from severeenvironmental conditions. Two wings 31 extend from the central channel72 and provide a location for coiling a slack length of the trunk cable12, which may be as much as 100 meters or more (see FIGS. 1 and 2).

The central channel 72 of the mounting bracket 70 includes holes 80 ateach end that can be used to mount the mounting bracket 70 and device 10to a mounting structure.

The enclosure 20 may he formed of a variety of suitable materials, suchas metallic and polymeric materials. A typical material for theenclosure 20 is polycarbonate, which may be US-stabilized. The mountingbracket 70 is typically formed of a metallic material such as steel.

Those having skill in this art will appreciate that the assembly 10 maytake other forms. For instance, the guide wall 44 may be configured suchthat convex and concave areas of the compartments are created bynon-rectilinear segments of the guide wall 44; as one example, the guidewall 44 may be sinusoidal or scalloped, rather than defining a zig-zagpattern with distinct vertices. As another example, the guide wall maybe configured such that compartments 46 that share a portion of theguide wall 44 have adjacent convex areas and adjacent concave areas onopposite sides of the guide wall 44, rather than having the convex areaof one compartment be adjacent to the concave area on the opposite sideof the guide wall 44. As a further example, the guide walls 44 and holes52, 41 that serve as entry and exit points for the jumper cables 14 maylocated such that some of the jumper cables 14 exit the top and bottomwalls of the device 10 rather than the side walls. Other variations mayalso be employed.

In addition, although the assembly 10 is illustrated with sixcompartments 46, an assembly 10 may have fewer compartments (as few asone), or more compartments as needed. Similarly, a trunk cable 12 havingmore or fewer jumper cables 14 broken out from it may also be employed.It should also be noted that the trunk cable 12 and jumper cables 14 maycomprise electrical cables or hybrid fiber/electrical cables.

To provide a sense of scale, one exemplary assembly 10 includes a 40meter, 7 mm optical fiber trunk cable 12 with six 10-meter, 5-mm jumpercables 14. The jumper cables 14 arc coiled within six compartmentsbounded by top, bottom and side walls defining a rectangular space 15inches tall, 12 inches wide, and 8 inches deep.

An alternative embodiment of an enclosure assembly is illustrated inFIGS. 11-19 and designated broadly at 110. The assembly 110 includes atrunk cable 112 that is broken out into six jumper cables 112 asdiscussed above. However, the assembly 110 includes an enclosure 120that differs from the enclosure 20 in multiple ways, some of which arediscussed below.

Referring to FIG. 15, the enclosure 120 includes a compartment divider122 and a cover 124 that fit together to form a generally rectangularbox, with a main panel 126 of the cover 124 forming the front of the boxand a main panel 128 of the compartment divider 122 forming the rear ofthe box. The compartment divider 122 includes a bottom wall 136, a topwall 138, and side walls 140 that form an open rectangle with the mainpanel 128. The side walls 140 each include three holes with spiderglands 151 that serve as jumper cable exit points. Also, like theenclosure 20, the compartment divider 122 also includes two dividingwalls 142 that extend horizontally to span the side walls 140 and aguide wall 144 that is routed in a “zigzag” pattern from the bottom wall136 to the top wall 138. The dividing walls 142 and the guide wall 144subdivide the compartment divider 122 into six compartments 146.

However, unlike the compartment divider 22, the compartment divider 122is in a modular form. Each of the side walls 140 is formed by threepanels 140 a. Similarly, the guide wall 144 is formed by three bi-angledsections 144 a that form convex and concave areas in the mannerdescribed above. A dividing wall 142 is positioned between each adjacentpair of panels 140 a and between each adjacent pair of bi-angledsections 144 a. The top wall 138 and bottom wall 136 are also separatepanels that are attached, respectively, to the upper ends of theuppermost panels 140 a and the lowermost ends of the lowermost panels140 a. The various components are attached to each other via tabs andslots, but may be attached in other ways familiar to those of skill inthis art.

The modular form described above can enable simple construction of theassembly 110 with different numbers of compartments 146. As an example,if a trunk cable 112 with eight jumper cables 114 is employed, thecompartment divider 122 would include four panels 140 a on each siderather than three and three dividing walls 142 rather than two. In thisfashion, the assembly 110 may be modified to include any desired numberof compartments 146. It is also contemplated that, as illustratedherein, the top wall 138 and bottom wall 136 may have the sameconfiguration as the dividing walls 142.

Referring to FIGS. 16 and 17, it should also be noted that the mainpanel 128 of the compartment divider 122 includes a central slot 148through which the jumper cables 114 are routed into their respectivecompartments 146. Because the guide wall 144 (comprising its threeseparate bi-angled sections 144 a) and the dividing wails 142 areseparate components from the main panel 128, the jumper cables 114 canbe routed from the rear side of the main panel 128 (where they arebroken out, as discussed below) through the slot 148, then easilyseparated and directed to their respective compartments 146 prior to theinstallation of the dividing walls 142 and the hi-angled sections 144 a.The slot 148 is sufficiently large to enable the jumper cables 114 to beterminated with connectors 116 prior to their routing to thecompartments 146. Once routed into the compartments 146, the jumpercables 114 can be coiled and extended in the manner described above.FIG. 17 also illustrates pull strings 117 that may be attached to theconnectors 116 to assist with extension of the connectors 116 and jumpercables 114 through the spider glands 151.

Referring to FIGS. 15 and 16, the cover 124 includes the main panel 126,a top panel 127, and side flanges 129. The side flanges 129 includerecesses 131 that engage tabs on the panels 140 a. Raised channels 143are present along three side edges of the top panel 127 to fit over tabson the uppermost panels 140 a and the upper edge of the main panel 128of the compartment divider 122. Holes 127 a in the top panel 127 receivepins 138 a extending upwardly from the top wall 138.

Referring now to FIG. 18, the assembly 110 includes a cable reel 160.The cable reel 160 is generally oval in shape and includes overhangingflanges 162 to assist in maintaining coiled trunk cable 112 in place. Anaccess hole 164 in the reel 160 provides a passage from the exterior ofthe reel 160 to its interior. Thus, the trunk cable 112 can be routed upart antenna tower to the cable reel 160, coiled around the reel 160 (seeFIG. 11), and routed through the access hole 164 into the interior ofthe reel 160. From there, the trunk cable 112 is broken out into thejumper cables 114, which are then routed through the slot 148 into thecompartments 146 of the compartment divider 122.

Referring now to FIGS. 12 and 19, the assembly 110 can be mounted to amounting structure, such as an antenna tower 190, via a mounting bracket170. The mounting bracket 170 includes a main plate 172, four flanges174 that extend forwardly normal to the main plate 172, and, twomounting tabs 176 that are coplanar with the main plate 172. Two hoseclamp brackets 175 are mounted to the main plate 172 and extendrearwardly therefrom (see FIG. 14).

The enclosure 120 is mounted to the mounting bracket 170 via screws orouter fasteners inserted into holes 173 in the flanges 174 and holes 141in the panels 140. The flanges 174 reside within the interior of thereel 160. The mounting bracket 170 is attached to the mounting structure190 via hose clamps 192 inserted into the hose clamp brackets 175 thatencircle the mounting structure 190,

In this configuration, the main plate 172 of the mounting bracket 170,the main panel 128 of the enclosure 120, and the cable reel 160 forms acavity 182. The cavity 182 can provide a protective space within whichthe jumper cables 114 can be broken out of the trunk cable 112.

Referring now to FIGS. 20-22, another cable distribution device,designated broadly at 200, is shown therein. The device 200 is designedso that jumper cables exit the front, rather than the sides, of theenclosure 220. The device 200 is described in greater detail below.

The compartment divider 222 of the enclosure 220 is similar inconstruction to the compartment divider 122 in that it has a main panel228, side walls 240 made up of separate panels 240 a, and horizontaldividing walls 242. However, the compartment divider 222 also includesvertical dividing walls 243 that intersect the horizontal dividing walls242 to form compartments 246 (in this embodiment, twelve compartments246 are present), The vertical dividing walls 243 are formed ofindividual panels 243 a. The rear portion of each compartment 246 isformed by a bi-angled section 244 a similar to the sections 144 adescribed above for the compartment divider 122. Each bi-angled section244 a is positioned forwardly of the main panel 228. Each of thesections 244 a includes a small hole 247 in its lower edge to provideaccess for a jumper cable.

The enclosure 220 also includes a cover 224 similar in configuration tothe cover 124 described above, with the exception that the main panel226 includes a plurality of spider glands 251 mounted therein. Each ofthe spider glands 251 is positioned directly in front of a respectivecompartment 246.

Referring to FIG. 21, the main panel 236 of the compartment divider 222includes four horizontal slots 248 (two of which are visible in FIG. 21)that each, span three compartments 246. The slots 248 provide accessinto the compartments 246 for jumper cables exiting the interior cavityof the reel 260. A mounting bracket 270 similar to that described aboveis employed to mount the reel 260 and enclosure 220 to amountingstructure 290.

As can be envisioned from FIGS. 20-22, assembly of the device 200 can berelatively simple. Jumper cables can be routed from the cable reel 260into, the compartments 246 through the slots 248 in the main panel 236prior to the installation of the horizontal and vertical dividing walls242, 243 and the hi-angled sections 244 a. Thus, this routing can beperformed with the jumper cables already terminated with, a connector.Once the jumper cables are routed through the slots 248, the horizontaland vertical dividing walls 242, 243 can be installed to form thecompartments 246, and the bi-angled sections 244 a can be positioned atthe rear of the compartments 246 with the jumper cables extendingthrough the holes 247. The bi-angled sections 244 a define convex andconcave areas in each compartment 246 (like those discussed previously)that encourage coiling of stored jumper cables.

Additional variations of the device 200 can be seen in FIGS. 23-25. FIG.23 illustrates a device 300 that includes an enclosure 320 with ninecompartments 346 rather than twelve. FIG. 24 illustrates a device 400with an enclosure 420 with six compartments 446. Notably, the device 400has a mounting bracket 470 that is slightly different in size andconfiguration to accommodate the horizontal (rather than vertical)orientation of the reel 460. FIG. 25 illustrates a device 500 with anenclosure 520 with three compartments 546; this device is also mountedwith a horizontal-style bracket 570 like the bracket 470 describedabove.

The foregoing is illustrative of the present invention and is not to beconstrued as limiting thereof. Although exemplary embodiments of thisinvention have been described, those skilled in the art will readilyappreciate that many modifications are possible in the exemplaryembodiments without materially departing from the novel teachings andadvantages of this invention. Accordingly, all such modifications areintended to be included within the scope of this invention as defined inthe claims. The invention is defined by the following claims, withequivalents of the claims to be included therein.

That which is claimed is:
 1. An enclosure for distributing trunk cable to jumper cables, comprising: a first wall with a jumper cable entry aperture; a second wall generally perpendicular to the first wall having a jumper cable exit aperture; and a third wall opposite the second wall, the third wall being configured to create a convex area and a concave area within the enclosure; wherein the jumper cable exit aperture and the concave and convex areas are positioned to encourage coiling of a slack length of a jumper cable routed from the jumper cable entry aperture through the jumper cable exit aperture.
 2. The enclosure defined in claim 1, wherein the third wall includes first, second and third serially merging sections that are angularly disposed relative to each other, with the first and second sections forming the convex area and the second and third sections forming the concave area
 3. The enclosure defined in claim 2, wherein the jumper cable entry aperture is positioned in the concave area.
 4. The enclosure defined in claim 2, wherein the angle between the first and second section is between about 60 and 120 degrees.
 5. The enclosure defined in claim 1, wherein the jumper cable exit aperture is offset from the jumper cable entry aperture.
 6. The enclosure defined in claim 2, wherein the first and second sections meet at a first vertex, and the second and third sections meet at a second vertex, and the first and second vertices are offset from the juniper cable exit aperture.
 7. The enclosure defined in claim 1, in combination with a trunk cable distributed into a plurality of jumper cables, and wherein one of the jumper cables is routed into the enclosure through the juniper cable entry aperture and out of the enclosure through the jumper cable exit aperture.
 8. An enclosure for distributing trunk cable to jumper cables, comprising: a compartment divider with a main panel, a top wall, a bottom wall, opposed side walls, at least one dividing wall that spans the side walls, and a guide wall that, spans the top and bottom walls, the compartment divider including a plurality of compartments, each formed by the main panel, the guide wall, one of the side walls, and at least two of the top wall, the bottom wall, and the at least one dividing wall; and a cover that covers the compartment divider to enclose the compartments; wherein the guide wall is configured to form a convex area and a concave area in each compartment; the enclosure further comprising a jumper cable entry aperture in each compartment and a jumper cable exit aperture located on one of the side walls.
 9. The enclosure defined in claim 8, wherein the jumper cable exit aperture and the concave and convex areas are positioned to encourage coiling of a slack length of a jumper cable routed from the jumper cable entry aperture through the jumper cable exit aperture.
 10. The enclosure defined in claim 8, wherein the guide wall, includes first, second and third serially merging sections angularly disposed relative to each other, with the first and second sections, forming the convex area of a first compartment and the concave area of a second compartment, and with the second and third sections forming the concave area of the first compartment and the concave area of the second compartment.
 11. The enclosure defined in claim 8, wherein the jumper cable entry aperture is positioned in the concave area.
 12. The enclosure defined in claim 10, wherein the angle between the first and second, sections is between about 60 and 120 degrees.
 13. The enclosure defined in claim 8, wherein the jumper cable exit aperture is offset from the jumper cable entry aperture.
 14. The enclosure defined in claim 10, wherein the first and second sections meet at a first vertex, and the second and third sections meet at a second vertex, and the first and second vertices are offset from the jumper cable exit aperture.
 15. The enclosure defined in claim 8, in combination with a trunk cable distributed into a plurality of jumper cables, and wherein one of the jumper cables is routed into each compartment through a respective jumper cable entry aperture and out of the compartment through a respective jumper cable exit aperture.
 16. The enclosure defined in claim 15, further comprising a mounting bracket mounted to the main panel of the compartment divider, the mounting bracket configured to cover portions of the trunk cable and portions of the jumper cables routed to the jumper cable entry apertures.
 17. The enclosure defined in claim 8, wherein the apertures in the compartments comprise a common slot divided by the guide wall and/or the at least one dividing wall.
 18. The enclosure defined in claim 8, further comprising a cable reel mounted to the main panel and a mounting bracket mounted to the cable reel and/or the main panel, the mounting bracket, cable reel and main panel configured to cover portions of the trunk cable and portions of the jumper cables routed to the jumper cable entry apertures.
 19. The enclosure defined in claim 8, wherein the side walls comprise a plurality of panels divided by the dividing wall, and wherein the guide wall comprises plurality of bi-angled sections divided by the dividing wall.
 20. An enclosure for distributing trunk cable to jumper cables, comprising: a first wall with a jumper cable exit aperture; a second wall opposite the first wall, the second wall being configured to create a convex area and a concave area within the enclosure, the second wall including a jumper cable entry aperture; wherein the jumper cable exit aperture and the concave and convex areas are positioned to encourage coiling of a slack length of a jumper cable routed from the juniper cable entry aperture through the jumper cable exit aperture. 